Suze, Drôme

Suze is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France in the foothills of the Alps, its buildings are in a steeply-sloped village above a small tributary feeding into the Drôme which runs from the east into the Rhône.

Suze
Commune
The town hall in Suze
Location of Suze
Suze
Suze
Coordinates: 44°45′37″N 5°06′48″E
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentDrôme
ArrondissementDie
CantonCrest
IntercommunalityVal de Drôme
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bérangère Driay
Area
1
14.43 km2 (5.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
234
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
26346 /26400
Elevation239–730 m (784–2,395 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1911331—    
1962189−42.9%
1968223+18.0%
1975177−20.6%
1982187+5.6%
1990164−12.3%
1999226+37.8%
2008252+11.5%

Landmarks

The village has a cross to Saint Pancras and has a medieval Roman Catholic church.

Geographic context

Suze is centred 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) northeast of Crest, the main population and the administrative centre of the canton. Gigors-et-Lozeron, Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, Cobonne, Aouste-sur-Sye,Mirabel-et-Blacons and Montclar-sur-Gervanne border Suze.

Etymology/topology

The name is a corruption of segusia, "forceful", given to various elevated strongholds, made up of the components sego meaning "force or vigour", and a suffix -us(e/a/ia). The same etymology describes Suze-la-Rousse to the south in Drôme and in Piedmont, Italy: Susa, which has a French name, Suse.

Personalities

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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